Child safety seat with side impact protection

Abstract

Child safety seats are used for the safe transport of children in vehicles. The child safety seats known from prior art often offer only insufficient protection in the case of a side impact. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a child safety seat that improves the protective effect of the child safety seat in the case of a side impact. This object is solved by a child safety seat with side impact protection according to the invention. Such a child safety seat comprises at least one element absorbing and/or transmitting energy which is arranged and designed to be transferred from a rest position to a functioning position to absorb a laterally impacting energy in the functioning position.

That which is claimed is: 
     
       1. A child safety seat with side impact protection comprising:
 at least one energy absorbing element mounted to the child safety seat, wherein the at least one energy absorbing element is configured to be transferred between a rest position and a functioning position, wherein the at least one energy absorbing element is configured to absorb a laterally impacting energy when disposed in the functioning position, and wherein the energy absorbing element is configured to be transferred between said rest position and said functioning position via a winding. 
 
     
     
       2. The child safety seat according to  claim 1 , wherein said energy absorbing element is arranged in a lower side region of said child safety seat. 
     
     
       3. The child safety seat according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one energy absorbing element is configured to project outwardly from the child safety seat when disposed in the functioning position. 
     
     
       4. The child safety seat according to  claim 1 , wherein said energy absorbing element defines a cylinder shape. 
     
     
       5. The child safety seat according to  claim 1 , wherein said energy absorbing element is configured to be transferred from the rest position to the functioning position manually. 
     
     
       6. The child safety seat according to  claim 1 , wherein said energy absorbing element is configured to be rotated to be transferred from the rest position to the functioning position. 
     
     
       7. The child safety seat according to  claim 1  further comprising a spring that is configured to bias the energy absorbing element toward the functioning position. 
     
     
       8. The child safety seat according to  claim 1  further comprising a guide structure that is configured to guide transfer of the energy absorbing element between the rest position and the functioning position. 
     
     
       9. The child safety seat according to  claim 8 , wherein the guide structure defines at least one functioning region that is configured to interact with at least a portion of the energy-absorbing element to maintain the energy absorbing element in the functioning position. 
     
     
       10. The child safety seat according to  claim 8 , wherein the guide structure defines at least one rest region that is configured to interact with at least a portion of the energy-absorbing element to maintain the energy absorbing element in the rest position. 
     
     
       11. The child safety seat according to  claim 1 , wherein the energy-absorbing element defines at least one grip to facilitate the transfer of the energy absorbing element between the rest position and the functioning position. 
     
     
       12. A child safety seat with side impact protection comprising:
 at least one means for absorbing or transmitting energy mounted to the child safety seat, wherein the means for absorbing or transmitting energy is configured to be transferred between a rest position and a functioning position and configured to absorb a laterally impacting energy when disposed in the functioning position; and 
 a spring that is configured to bias the means for absorbing or transmitting energy toward the functioning position. 
 
     
     
       13. The child safety seat according to  claim 12 , wherein said means for absorbing or transmitting energy is configured to project outwardly from the child safety seat when disposed in the functioning position. 
     
     
       14. The child safety seat according to  claim 12 , wherein said means for absorbing or transmitting energy is configured to be manually transferred from the rest position to the functioning position. 
     
     
       15. The child safety seat according to  claim 12 , wherein the means for absorbing or transmitting energy defines a cylinder shape. 
     
     
       16. The child safety seat according to  claim 12 , wherein said means for absorbing or transmitting energy is configured to be rotated to be transferred from the rest position to the functioning position. 
     
     
       17. The child safety seat according to  claim 12  further comprising a guide structure that is configured to guide transfer of the means for absorbing or transmitting energy between the rest position and the functioning position. 
     
     
       18. The child safety seat according to  claim 17 , wherein the guide structure defines at least one rest region that is configured to interact with at least a portion of the means for absorbing or transmitting energy to maintain the means for absorbing or transmitting energy in the rest position.